Siskiyou COE Connection

YHS Robotics Teacher and Students Reflect on Aerial Drone Competition Experience

Episode Summary

Yreka High School Robotics Teacher Josh Thompson and students Isabella Henry and Robert Garcia sit down to discuss the new program and their excellent performance in local and regional aerial drone competitions.

Episode Notes

• The GoFundMe Mr. Thompson mentioned. While it's no longer accepting donations right now, in the page's updates, the 2025 team has posted photos of both their local qualifier and western regionals (including their visit to NASA Ames, while they were in the neighborhood), plus the VOD's of the Milpitas streams.
• The Awards Page of the Cougar Concours (the local qualifier). There you can see the details of how their three teams earned four trophies and the only two qualifier spots available for high school teams.
• The Aerial Drone Competition website. For teacher/coach listeners who'd like to learn more about this specific competition. Next season's rulebook should post September, 2025.
• The REC Foundation is the source of our original drone equipment grant funds and is the managing body of competition rules of multiple robotic competitions via RobotEvents.